Photographer. Learner. Wanderlust. Purist.Tumblr (3.0; @robmizell)http://blog.robmizell.com/““Can’t you just call Annie Leibovitz to shoot this portrait for, like, her portfolio?””<br/><br/> - <em>(via <a href="http://clientsfromhell.net/" target="_blank">clientsfromhell</a>)</em>http://blog.robmizell.com/post/876593241http://blog.robmizell.com/post/876593241Thu, 29 Jul 2010 15:52:47 -0500<p><a href="http://modernerd.com/post/608039206/get-up-earlier-and-do-more-work" target="_blank">modernnerd</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p>“One thing I’ve noticed over the years is that if you drive into London at 6am, half of the cars on the roads are Porsches and Astons. Whereas if you go in at ten to nine, they’re all Renaults. Simple solution, then. You want a nice car? Get up earlier and do more work.”</p> <p>— Jeremy Clarkson <a href="http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/driving/jeremy_clarkson/article7118301.ece" target="_blank">reviews the Porsche 911 GT3</a></p> </blockquote>http://blog.robmizell.com/post/864205234http://blog.robmizell.com/post/864205234Mon, 26 Jul 2010 22:23:52 -0500<object width="400" height="326"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/tvLTWeKr5eQ&rel=0&egm=0&showinfo=0&fs=1"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/tvLTWeKr5eQ&rel=0&egm=0&showinfo=0&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="400" height="326" allowFullScreen="true" wmode="transparent"></embed></object><br/><br/><p><a href="http://patrickcassels.tumblr.com/post/862577543/mad-men-is-back-and-just-in-time-heres-a" target="_blank">patrickcassels</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p><strong>Mad Men is back!</strong> And just in time, here’s a promotional video Jon Hamm made for the St. Louis Blues. (via <a href="http://twitter.com/williamfleitch/status/19364164174" target="_blank">Will Leitch</a>)</p> <p>Remember Sterling-Cooper’s campaign to make jai alai more popular? This is like that, only a little funnier.</p> </blockquote> <p>Let’s go Blues!</p>http://blog.robmizell.com/post/862656240http://blog.robmizell.com/post/862656240Mon, 26 Jul 2010 15:24:14 -0500<img src="http://26.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_l62y96B1AC1qztmwlo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Progress</p>http://blog.robmizell.com/post/853574551http://blog.robmizell.com/post/853574551Sat, 24 Jul 2010 15:57:28 -0500<img src="http://29.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_l61avjTooR1qztmwlo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Learning the ins an outs of photographing bottles.</p>http://blog.robmizell.com/post/851478131http://blog.robmizell.com/post/851478131Fri, 23 Jul 2010 18:35:40 -0500“Winning is the most important thing in my life, after breathing. Breathing first, winning next.”<br/><br/> - <em>George Steinbrenner (1930-2010) (via <a href="http://rulesformyunbornson.tumblr.com/" target="_blank">rulesformyunbornson</a>)</em>http://blog.robmizell.com/post/806737196http://blog.robmizell.com/post/806737196Tue, 13 Jul 2010 10:03:36 -0500<object width="400" height="336"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/maR5JEDBltc&rel=0&egm=0&showinfo=0&fs=1"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/maR5JEDBltc&rel=0&egm=0&showinfo=0&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="400" height="336" allowFullScreen="true" wmode="transparent"></embed></object><br/><br/><p><a href="http://unknownskywalker.tumblr.com/post/803733547" target="_blank">unknownskywalker</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p><strong class="title">“Lifted” by Pixar</strong></p> <p>A bit old but still good.</p> </blockquote> <p>Pixar is great</p>http://blog.robmizell.com/post/804332004http://blog.robmizell.com/post/804332004Mon, 12 Jul 2010 20:29:24 -0500<img src="http://26.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_l52j5nTVoy1qztmwlo1_500.jpg"/><br/> Dave<br/><br/> <img src="http://29.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_l52j5nTVoy1qztmwlo2_500.jpg"/><br/> Scott<br/><br/> <img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_l52j5nTVoy1qztmwlo3_500.jpg"/><br/> Andy<br/><br/> <p>I’m glad my friends don’t mind standing in front of the camera while I test lighting. I guess they like having new Facebook profile pictures.</p>http://blog.robmizell.com/post/772873726http://blog.robmizell.com/post/772873726Mon, 05 Jul 2010 09:00:00 -0500St Louislighting testphotography<img src="http://29.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_l4wb3cAHEd1qztmwlo1_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://29.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_l4wb3cAHEd1qztmwlo2_500.png"/><br/> <br/><p>This is the new MacBook I just purchased last week. I named it <a target="_blank" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/STS-61">STS-61</a>. Every computer/hard drive/iPhone is named after something at NASA (my iPhone is <a target="_blank" href="http://iphone.robmizell.com/">CAPCOM</a>, for example.) Hopefully some day I can work for NASA…</p> <p>4 GB RAM, 250 GB HDD, 2.4 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo.</p>http://blog.robmizell.com/post/758763820http://blog.robmizell.com/post/758763820Thu, 01 Jul 2010 15:18:48 -0500NASAMacBookAppleSTS-61<object width="400" height="254"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/uLTIowBF0kE&rel=0&egm=0&showinfo=0&fs=1"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/uLTIowBF0kE&rel=0&egm=0&showinfo=0&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="400" height="254" allowFullScreen="true" wmode="transparent"></embed></object><br/><br/><p><a href="http://cuanimation.tumblr.com/post/753883943/thedailywhat-ill-admit-i-was-weary-that-they" target="_blank">cuanimation</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p><a href="http://thedailywh.at/post/753813644/viral-ad-of-the-day-hello-ladies-isaiah-mustafa" target="_blank">thedailywhat</a>:</p> <p>I’ll admit, I was weary that they wouldn’t live up to the first commercial…But this one is pretty great.</p> </blockquote>http://blog.robmizell.com/post/753944838http://blog.robmizell.com/post/753944838Wed, 30 Jun 2010 09:57:34 -0500<object width="400" height="254"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/jIJRoj2qwsc&rel=0&egm=0&showinfo=0&fs=1"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/jIJRoj2qwsc&rel=0&egm=0&showinfo=0&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="400" height="254" allowFullScreen="true" wmode="transparent"></embed></object><br/><br/><p><a href="http://itsfullofstars.tumblr.com/post/750427068/mohandasgandhi-james-may-finally-reaches-the" target="_blank">itsfullofstars</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p><a href="http://mohandasgandhi.tumblr.com/post/750328931/james-may-finally-reaches-the-edge-of-space-where" target="_blank">mohandasgandhi</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p>James May finally reaches the edge of space, where he looks down at the curvature of the earth, and upwards into the black infinity of space.</p> </blockquote> </blockquote>http://blog.robmizell.com/post/751392997http://blog.robmizell.com/post/751392997Tue, 29 Jun 2010 18:22:19 -0500<img src="http://30.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_l4s43mFEuP1qztmwlo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Lately I’ve been using the <a target="_blank" href="http://www.muji.us/store/chronotebook-am-pm-scheduler.html">Muji Chronotebook</a> to plan my days and keep track of things to remember. I have to admit that it’s a very elegant way to plan out the day.</p>http://blog.robmizell.com/post/749697926http://blog.robmizell.com/post/749697926Tue, 29 Jun 2010 08:57:00 -0500<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_l4ra50fuJU1qz5f3oo1_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://26.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_l4ra50fuJU1qz5f3oo2_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><p><a href="http://thecaseydonahue.com/post/748023240/with-the-content-aware-filter-in-photoshop-cs5-i" target="_blank">caseydonahue</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p>With the content aware filter in Photoshop CS5, I was able to easily remove a tree, bench, fountain, and patch of grass from this park scene. </p> <p>CS5 can do anything!</p> </blockquote> <p>I think this is a pretty funny example of why getting the shot you want in camera is always better.</p>http://blog.robmizell.com/post/748427861http://blog.robmizell.com/post/748427861Tue, 29 Jun 2010 00:15:48 -0500<img src="http://30.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_l4qmj6ILLi1qztmwlo1_500.png"/><br/><br/><p>I’d have to say that Webber got lucky on Sunday.</p>http://blog.robmizell.com/post/746469828http://blog.robmizell.com/post/746469828Mon, 28 Jun 2010 13:40:18 -0500<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_l4jvkznn0v1qztmwlo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a href="http://raccoonnook.com/346070/PopMech-Return-of-the-Space-Plane" target="_blank">PopMech: Return of the Space Plane - ::nook::</a></p>http://blog.robmizell.com/post/733200791http://blog.robmizell.com/post/733200791Thu, 24 Jun 2010 22:17:47 -0500<embed type="application/x-shockwave-flash" src="http://blog.robmizell.com/swf/audio_player.swf?audio_file=http://www.tumblr.com/audio_file/722275013/tumblr_l4cnn5A4jW1qz987j&color=FFFFFF" height="27" width="207" quality="best"></embed><br/><br/><p><a href="http://thecaseydonahue.com/post/722213344/the-mighty-mighty-bosstones-the-impression-that" target="_blank">caseydonahue</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p><strong>The Mighty Mighty Bosstones - The Impression That I Get</strong></p> <p>Yes.</p> <p><a href="http://healywu.tumblr.com/post/722197210/adambozarth-the-mighty-mighty-bosstones-the" target="_blank">healywu</a>:<a href="http://adambozarth.tumblr.com/post/722082600" target="_blank">adambozarth</a></p> </blockquote> <p>This is the first CD I ever owned…</p>http://blog.robmizell.com/post/722275013http://blog.robmizell.com/post/722275013Mon, 21 Jun 2010 11:22:30 -0500<img src="http://26.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_l3tg8uBjIs1qzy0ygo1_r1_500.png"/><br/><br/><p><a href="http://itsfullofstars.tumblr.com/post/708050305/a-spatial-representation-of-the-32-known-stars" target="_blank">itsfullofstars</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p>A spatial representation of the 32 known stars within 14 light-years of our Sun. (<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Nearby_Stars_(14ly_Radius).svg" target="_blank">via</a>)</p> </blockquote> <p>(via <a href="http://crookedindifference.tumblr.com/post/704770611/a-spatial-representation-of-the-32-known-stars" target="_blank">crookedindifference</a>)</p>http://blog.robmizell.com/post/708608624http://blog.robmizell.com/post/708608624Thu, 17 Jun 2010 12:52:46 -0500“Let us live so that when we come to die, even the undertaker will be sorry.”<br/><br/> - <em>Mark Twain. (via <a href="http://supersonicelectronic.com/" target="_blank">supersonicelectronic</a>)</em>http://blog.robmizell.com/post/691440171http://blog.robmizell.com/post/691440171Sat, 12 Jun 2010 15:20:08 -0500<img src="http://29.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_l3vt6qjmLt1qz9v0to1_500.png"/><br/><br/><p><a href="http://jstn.cc/post/689129798" target="_blank">jstn</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p><a href="http://supersonicelectronic.com/post/689093465/my-dog-is-a-tiger-your-argument-is-invalid" target="_blank">supersonicelectronic</a></p> </blockquote>http://blog.robmizell.com/post/691357472http://blog.robmizell.com/post/691357472Sat, 12 Jun 2010 14:45:24 -0500<a href="http://vis.robbymacdonell.com/stanley-cup/">Visualizing the Stanley Cup</a>: <p><a href="http://tumblr.adamgotterer.com/post/690623539/visualizing-the-stanley-cup" class="tumblr_blog" target="_blank">adamgotterer</a>:</p> <blockquote><p>(via <a href="http://blog.chrismjohnson.com/" target="_blank">chrismjohnson</a>)</p></blockquote>http://blog.robmizell.com/post/690724263http://blog.robmizell.com/post/690724263Sat, 12 Jun 2010 10:35:21 -0500